Method of shaping glass.



No. 896,631. PATENTED AUG. 18, 1908. H. L. DIXON & G. A. MARSH.

METHOD OF SHAPING GLASS.

APPLICATION FILED APR.18,1904.

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D i hweul'ozs No. 896,631. 4 PA'L'nN'l'tii) AUG. 18, 1908. H. L. DIXON & G. A. MARSH. METHOD OPSHAPING GLASS.

APPLIOATION FILED APR.18,1904.

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v HENRY L; DIXON AND GEORGE A. MARSH, OF PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

METHOD OF SHAPING GLASS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 18, 1908.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, HENRY L. DIXON and GEORGE A. MARsn, both of Pittsburg, Allegheny county, Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Method of Sha ing Glass, of which the following is a full, 0 ear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which Figure 1 is a sectional side elevation showing one form of apparatus for carrying out our invention; Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the same partly broken away; Fig. 3 is a detail view of the receiving device for the articles; Fig. 4 is a sectional side elevation on a larger scale showing a modified form of the receiving cup and molds; Fig. 5 is a sectional view at right angles to that of Fig. 4; Fig. 6 is an enlarged plan view partly in section showing the cup and jacket of this modification; and Fig. 7 is a partial plan view of the table showing the water connections.

Our invention relates to theform of hollow glass articles and is designed es ecial'ly to provide a new method for supplying glass from the tank or receptacle to the molds.

It is further designed to provide for pressing the glass in the mold and further to provide automatic apparatus for completing the article after pressing.

In the drawings, referring to the form of Figs. 1, 2 and 3, 2 is a portion of a furnace resting on the usual bottom blocks 3, one of which is cut away to receive the watercooled bottom late 4. This bottom plate is provided wit a central opening or openings through which the glass flows out underv the head of the bath 5 in the tank. In order to supply the best quality of glass in the tank to the molds, we preferably provide the vertical partition 6 which projects u wardly from the bottom to a point below t e level of the glass. The intermediate layers of glass in the bath are of a better quality than those at the bottom or top and by this diaphragm 6 we rovide a well which receives the better gra e of glass from the bath. The hollow late 4 may be water-cooled by suitable in et and outlet pipes 7 and 8.. The bottom of this plate 4 is plain faced and is arranged to contact with a horizontal ring 9 carriedon the rotating frame 10 and havingfour sets of cups 11 with their upper ends flush with the top face of the ring. The cups number and are formed at the upper ends of the vertically moving lungers 12 containing the stems 13 each of w ich carries the bottom 14 for the cup. The cu s fit within. vertical holes in water-jacketed ousings 15 shown in Figs. 1 and 2. As shown in Fig. 2 each of these housings surround the setof cups and receives water throu h the radial pi e 16 on flows around the water jacket and out through the ipe 18. The pipe 16 leads from a central ho low hub 19 to which water is wardly through suitable stufiing box 21. The pipe 18 discharges into an open annular trough 22 from which water discharges through pipe 23 into a stationary trough 24 whence it flows out through the outlet pi e 25. The water jackets are thus continuous y supplied with the water circulation, in any and all positions of the rotating frame. The cup plungers 12 are slotted upon one side to receive the projection 26 by which the cup bottom is raised. The frame is rotated intermittently, being given a quarter turn and at each stop a set of the cups is brought beneath the outlet slot in the water-cooled plate 4.

Outside-the rotating frame 10 is a rotary table 27 which carries four sets of molds which are open bottom and are made in two parts 28 and 29. The table 27 is positioned above the rotating frame 10, so that at each quarter rotation of the two tables, a set of molds is brought into alinement with a set of cups containing the glass. When the cups are thus positioned below the mold, the cup plunger 12 is lifted by a cross head 30 secured at the up er end of piston rod 31 of a pneumatic cyliinder 32. The cross head is normally drawn which act when the motive fluid is cut oil from the cylinder. When fluid is admitted to the cylinder the cross head 30 moves upwardly and forces the cups up into the matrix cavities of the mold until the projections 34 on the cup plunger engage the bottom of the water jacket. The cross head 30 carries with it a small motive cylinder 35 whose piston rod 36 carries a presser bar 37 whic 'is normally drawn'down by spring 38. To-the bottom of this small cylinder is attached a l tap'pet rod 39 having a projection engaging a supplied through pipe 20 leading down-- down by a pair of springs 33- I 11 are arranged in sets of preferably two in one side of the partition 17 whence t e water 1 ta pet 40 upon a valve rod 41 leading to'the va lve 42'which controls the air passing there-- from. Throughthe flexible pipe 43 to the cylinder '35 as the piston in cylinder "32 reachesthe upper end of its travel, therod 39 actuates the tap et on the valve rod and opens the valve W ereupon the fluid pressure enters the cylinder 35, which acting on a projection on stem 13 forces the cup bottom upwardly and presses the neck of the bottle by forcing the glass up against the plunger 44 which has been moved down into the mold cavity. These plungers 44 are secured to a block 45 sliding through a cross-head 46' and actuated by a piston on the piston rod 47 of a motive cylinder 48. The piston is nor mally raised by spring 49 and the cylinder receives fluid through pipe- 50 which forms a branch of pipe 51 leading from a valve 52. From this pressin' station A the next quarter turn of theta le brings the mold to the blowing station B. At this station the blowhead 53 is forced down onthe top of the mold by a motive cylinder 54 which receives air from pipej5l. The blow head is supplied with air through a flexible pipe 55 leading from pipe 56 connected to valve 57. At each stop of the table the blow head is moved down and air then enters the blow head and expands the articles to final form. Before this takes place the open bottom molds are closed by movable bottoms 58 which are secured to a hinged bracket 59 pivoted at 60-to a ring 61 surrounding the hub of the table or carrier. The hinged bracket 59 travels upon and israised and lowered by an arc-shaped support 62 which is raised and lowered by the piston rod63 of the pneumatic cylinder 64, whose piston is normally pressed down by spring 65. The cylinder 64 is supplied with air through pipe 66 leading from valve 67. A flexible cable 68 is secured to the ring at one side at--69 and extends around the ring 70 to spring 71 This spring andover pulley acts to normal y draw the mold bottoms into registry with the molds at, the station B where astop on the arc-shaped support 62 the ring until the mold bottom has again reached the station B. The fluid is then again admitted to the cylinder-64 to move the mold bottoms up into engagement with" the next set of molds. Y

' From the station C the mold travels t6 the ejecting station D and during this travel the artistes-chill and set in the molds." During the-latter part of its travel the mold is opened by'the cam 72 acting upon the three-armed levenflfi pivoted at 74'. One'arm of this lever is connected by link 75 to the yoke 76 secured to the outer half of the mold; while the other arm is connected by link 7 7* extending through the yoke and pivoted to the inner half of the mold.' The cam is shaped as shown in Fig. 2, so thatas the mold reaches station D the mold halves will be drawn apart and the bottles received upon the cross head 78 secured at the upper ends of pistons or piston rods 79 of motive cylinder 80 supplied through pi e 81 and containing the sprlng 82 by which t e iston is normally forced down.

The pipe 81 eads to valve 81. 83 controls der 32 and aving a branch 85 leading to valve42. x

We have shown the tables as turned by shaft 86 havin beveled gearing 87 driving the shaft 88 o the mold table and beveled gearing 89 driving shaft 90 which is geared to the shaft91 carrying the table or frame for the cups. r

The shaft 86 is rotated intermittently by The valve mutilated gearc'onnection with a constantly rotating shaft 92v carrying suitable tappet devices 93 by-which the valves areactuated at the proper times.

The operation of the apparatus is as follows :'At each stop of t e tables a. 'set of cups is filled from the tank. During the next quarter turn these-cups move to theysecond station and rest until the next turn at which they are brought into registry with a set of molds at station A. Asthey stop at this point the plungers are moved down into the tops of the molds and the cups are forced up in the molds to the desired distance. The

pipe 84 leading to motive cylin-' cup bottoms are then forced u to press the bottlemouths around the-p ungers. The cups andcup bottoms then drop and the mold plungers are raised. 1 The table then moves the next quarter turn and the molds are brought to the station B. At thisistop the blow head is de ressed and air is su' -llied to it to expandt e articles in the mol s.

uring 3 the travel of the articlesfrom-thepressing station to theblowing station f the mold bottoms are 0 en andthe glass blankelon ates slowly un er the action of gravity.

As t e molds reach the blowing. station, the mold bottoms are brought into registry therewith by the spring and cord and are raised by l the cylinder, so that the molds are closed during the blowing operation. The blow head is then raised and air cut ofl from it and duringthe next uarter turn the mold bottoms travel with t e molds being held therein by entering their open lower ends. At station C the mold bottoms are lowered and swung back to station B and during the next quarter turn the mold travels to the ejecting station D where it is opened and the finished articles received on the sup ort.

The air is supplied to an out off from the various motive cylinders and blow-head automaticallythrough the valves which are actuated by the tappet devices moved by the continuously rotating shaft.

In forming bottles having a less abrupt neck and provided with a long sloping shoulder leading to the neck, the cups shown in Fig. 1 would leave a ring-sha ed mark at the shoulder; To overcome thls difficulty we may use the form of Figs. 4, 5, 6 and 7. In this form the cup chill is made in two halves 15 and 15', which may be moved toward and from each other at pro er intervals by any suitable connections, suc as those shown. for the mold halves in Fig. 1. In this case the ring 9 is made into hollow water-cooled sections, each section having a partition 94 dividing it into two chambers. Into one of these chambers leads the supply pipe 95 from the central hub 96, the Water flowing therefrom through flexible pipes 97 into the halves of the water jacket. From the other end of the water jacket the water flows through pipes 98 into the other chamber of the next section of the ring, whence it" flows out through pipe 99 into a suitable annular trough or open table. A constant Water circulation is thus maintained through the moving mold halves and through the sections of the ring. In this case the cup 11 is beveled or rounded off in its upper exterior portion, so that it will fit approximately against the sloping shoulder 100 of the mold 101. By this means the abrupt shoulder on the blank is obviated-and the mark will not a pear on the finished article. So of course t e water-jaeket is drawn apart before the cup1 and bottom are forced up into the mold. Ot erwise the. a paratus may be substantially similar to tihat of Figs. 1, 2, and 3.

In the forms of Figs. 1 to 7 inclusive we preferably support the shaft for the cup table upon a hydraulic balance. Thus in Fig. 1, we show a lower chamber or cylinder 119 containing the hydraulic plunger 120 which forms the step bearing for the shaft 91. Water is supplied to this chamber below the plunger through the stand pipe 121. By regulating the head of water in the stand pipe, the upward pressure on the cup table may be regulated so as to allow turning of the table and we press the cup ring against the water-cooled outlet plate to seal the joint between them.

The advantages of our invention result from the feeding of the glass into a cup or receptacle, using the head of glass in the tank or. chamber containing the molten glass, the

glass then being fed from the cup into the mold. It also results from the automatic filling of the cupfrom the tank and the automatic moving of the cup into the mold and.

and then feeding the glass from the receptacle directly into a forming mold; substantially as described.

2. The method of forming glass, consisting in flowing molten glass by gravity from a furnace into a receptacle, and then moving the receptacle with its contents into a forming mold, and shaping the glass within the mold';

substantially as described.

3. The method of filling glass molds, which consists in flowing the glass by gravity from the bath at a point below its level into a receiving vessel, transferring the receiving ves sel with its contents into the mold, and then shaping the glass in the mold; substantially as described.

4. The method of transferring molten glass from a furnace into molds, which consists in flowing the glass by gravity from the bath in the furnace into a receptacle, moving the receptacle in the plane of the mout h of the flowing-out opening past the said opening to close the same, and then introducing the glass into a forming mold and shaping it therein; substantially as described.

5. The method of forming glass, which consists in flowing molten glass by gravity from a furnace bath into a receptacle, chilling the glass by radiation as it flows into the re; 06 tacle, moving the receptacle in the plane of the' mouth of the flowing-out opening across the said opening to close the latter, and then transferring said receptacle and its contents into a forming mold and shaping the glass therein; substantially as described.

6. The method of supplying glass to molds, which consists in moving a'carrier to present a receptacle to a feed-out opening below the level of the molten glass in the bath, moving the receptacle at an angle to the plane of movement of the carrier, and against the feed-out opening, feeding the glass by gravity through the opening into the receptacle, then moving the receptacle to close the open ing and actuating the carrier to remove the receptacle, and then transferring the glass into a mold and shaping it therein; substantially as described.

7. The herein described method of transferring molten glass from'a bath or furnace to a forming mold, which consists in flowing the glass by gravity from the bath at a pointbelow its level into a receiving vessel, and then transferring the receiving vessel with its contents into a mold; substantially as described.

8. The herein described method of transthe glass durin its flow, and transferring the Witnesses:

ferring molten glass from a'bath or furnace to In testimony whereof,- we have hereunto a forming mold, which consists in flowing the set our hands. glass by gravity from the bath at a point b- HENRY L. DIXON. low its level, into a receiving vessel, chilling GEORGE A. MARSH.

receiving vesse with its contents into a mold; JOHN MILLER, substantially as described. H. M. CORWIN. 

